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rwbs@Songs:1:1 @ The song of songs, which Solomon’s.

rwbs@Songs:1:2 @ Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love better than wine. (note:)thy…: Hebrews. thy loves(:note)

rwbs@Songs:1:3 @ Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

rwbs@Songs:1:4 @ Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. (note:)the upright…: or, they love thee uprightly(:note)

rwbs@Songs:1:5 @ I black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

rwbs@Songs:1:6 @ Look not upon me, because I black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; my own vineyard have I not kept.

rwbs@Songs:1:7 @ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? (note:)as one…: or, as one that is veiled(:note)

rwbs@Songs:1:8 @ If thou knowest not, O thou fairest among women, go forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

rwbs@Songs:1:9 @ I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.

rwbs@Songs:1:10 @ Thy cheeks are comely with rows, thy neck with chains.

rwbs@Songs:1:11 @ We will make for thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

rwbs@Songs:1:12 @ While the king at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth its fragrance.

rwbs@Songs:1:13 @ A bundle of myrrh my wellbeloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

rwbs@Songs:1:14 @ My beloved to me a cluster of henna flowers in the vineyards of Engedi. (note:)camphire: or, cypress(:note)

rwbs@Songs:1:15 @ Behold, thou fair, my love; behold, thou fair; thou doves’ eyes. (note:)my love: or, my companion(:note)

rwbs@Songs:1:16 @ Behold, thou fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed green.

rwbs@Songs:1:17 @ The beams of our house cedar, our rafters of fir. (note:)rafters: or, galleries(:note)

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